The Evil Post
It’s an odd quirk of
our taste for “round” numbers that we tend to celebrate milestones that
are multiples of a power of ten. For example, a 10th anniversary is
somehow more significant than a 6th anniversary. Likewise, a 100th post
is more significant than a 73rd post.
Sql Query Analyzer Template Parameters
I’m not sure if this is common knowledge, but you can place template parameters in your SQL scripts and evaluate them within query analyzer. I think I learned this one a long time ago from a former fantastic SysAdmin, turned DBA, turned Developer, Tyler.
Read MoreUsing RFC3229 with Feeds Does Not Validate
In an effort to cut down on the bandwidth used by RSS feeds, Subtext implements the RFC3229 for feeds as proposed by Bob Wyman.
Read MorePotential For A Subtle Bug in RFC3229 Implementations
In a previous post I mentioned a problem I was having with implementing RFC3229. Well I got that one fixed, but realized that I had another very subtle bug. One that is potentially encouraged by the examples in the spec.
Read MoreDream Hangovers
From the
title of his post, Dream
Hangovers,
I thought Robb was going to tell
some story about another night of too much drinking and the painful
consequences afterwards. Instead he talks about how realistic dreams can
often influence your mood the following day.
Exception Injection Using a Custom SOAP Extension
You kind of get the feeling that Keith Brown has a beef with soap
exceptions when he writes that SoapException Sucks.
I won’t rehash everything he says here, but the gist of his complaint is that when throwing an exception from within a web service, the exception gets wrapped by a SoapException
. What’s so bad about that? As Keith relates, the Message
property of the SoapException
class intersperses your fault string with a load of other crap you really don’t care about. Also, the InnerException
doesn’t get serialized into the SOAP fault packet, so it is always null on the client side.
Real Madrid vs Galaxy, July 18
Wohoo! The
little lady and myself will be in attendance as we watch Zinedine
Zidane,
Beckham,
Ronaldo,
Owen, Roberto
Carlos and the rest of
Real Madrid completely overpower and dismantle the lackluster Galaxy
when they play an exhibition game at the Home Depot Center in Carson.
Making The Factory Pattern More Discoverable
Steven Clarke has an interesting post about the usability (or lack thereof) of the Factory Pattern.
Read MoreOk, That Is Just About The Weirdest Thing Ever
Federal Funding Cuts to Public Broadcasting
If you’re a fan of NPR and KCRW, make sure your voice is heard. The House will soon vote on budget cuts for public broadcasting and the issue is being painted as a liberal vs conservative battle.
Read MoreDHTML Lemmings: Productivity Killer
Dare
may singlehandedly be responsible for delaying Longhorn, VS.NET 2005,
Yukon and many other products as legions of programmers (Microsoft and
otherwise) lose productivity by spending their time playing DHTML
Lemmings, a faithful
javascript reproduction of the classic game
Lemmings.
Check Out My Shiny New Flickr Badge
Read MoreYou know what, I do want to express myself, okay. And I don’t need 37 pieces of flair to do it.
The Borg Has Learned To Share
From the Lessig blog I learned that Microsoft is releasing its spec for “Simple Feed Extensions” under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, often referred to as a “CopyLeft” . People are free to modify and redistribute the spec so long as the modifications are licensed under a similar license.
Read MoreRSS Is Designed To Be Extended
Now repeat after me, “RSS
is designed to be extended.”
Anybody Use Quickbooks Online
Just curious if any of my fantastic readers (or Google searchers, welcome. Nothing but love for ya) have experience with using Quickbooks Online. If so, let me know in the comments what your experience with it has been. Thank you.
Read MoreSubtext Progress Report.
I’ve been intentionally quiet about how Subtext is progressing (apart from a couple minor posts on how to obtain the code via CVS). My reticense is certainly not from lack of excitement or enjoyment of the project. Working on Subtext has been about the most enjoyable software development project I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on. So much so, that I’ve fallen a bit behind on my “real” work. Unfortunately this has caught up to me as I now have two projects with a potential third not far behind to work on (Yes, I know. A good problem to have, so quitcher belly-aching). This is very exciting for me as it may herald the beginning of a company. But it also means I need to slow down on Subtext a bit.
Read MoreGeolocation Recommendations?
Anybody out
there use a geolocation service they are happy with?
An Even EASIER Way To Obtain the Subtext Source Code
In a recent post I outlined step by step how to obtain the source code for Subtext as a non-developer. Well I was a bit sloppy and made a couple of mistakes in the post (now corrected).
Read MoreComment Spam Can Take Down Your Blog
I can have a very filthy mouth when pissed
off. Take today for example, my dog was witness to a blistering stream
of profanities as I found that my site was down. I was hit with a
torrent of comment spam like nothing I’ve seen before.
Working in San Francisco
I’m in San Francisco for a working meeting for a client. We’re doing a bit of project planning and working through the specs and schematics. The thing I love about San Francisco is I never have a bad time, even if I’m only here for two days and one night.
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